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U.S. Women Soccer's World Cup Fail, and Consequences of Criminal Behavior, with Clay Travis and Dana Loesch | Ep. 602
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Aug 7, 2023
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Michael Jordan, LeBron, and the Price of Going Political
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The Jordan-versus-LeBron comparison isn't just about basketball — it's about cultural authority and the cost of going political. Clay Travis observes that more people watched 'The Last Dance,' the ESPN documentary about Jordan's 1998 Bulls, than watched the NBA Finals that same year featuring LeBron James.[1] Jordan famously declined to get political — 'Republicans buy sneakers too' — and his reward is a sneaker empire that still dominates decades later. Megyn Kelly chimes in that even her young boys revere Jordan and want his shoes, while barely mentioning LeBron. The lesson is simple, Travis argues: woke activism and universal appeal are fundamentally incompatible.
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